Louis and the Brothel (2003)

Original title

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel

Directed by

Geoffrey O'Connor

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Louis Theroux visits a legal brothel in Nevada. He talks with the owners, the women who work there, and the clients to understand how the business operates.

observationalcuriousmatter-of-factintimatecandidnonjudgmentaldown-to-earthrevealing

What happens

Louis and the Brothel is a 2003 British documentary by Louis Theroux. Theroux visits the Wild Horse Adult Resort & Spa, a licensed brothel located near the city of Reno, Nevada, where he investigates how the brothel is run. During his visit Theroux interviews the owners who personally run the resort, the women who work there as prostitutes, and their clients. Theroux would revisit the subjects of the documentary in his book The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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